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प्रश्न
Biographies include features of non-fiction texts - factual information and different text structures such as description, sequence, comparison, cause and effect, or problem and solution. Examine Indigo in the light of this statement, in about 120-150 words.
उत्तर
- The story 'Indigo' revolves around Gandhi's struggle for poor peasants of Champaran who were forced to grow indigo. They suffered great injustice due to the landlord system of Birar.
- Raj Kumar Shukla - illiterate but determined followed Gandhiji to Lucknow, Cawnpore, Ahmedabad, Calcutta, Patna, Muzzafarpur and then Champaran.
- Servants at Rajendra Prasad's residence thoughts Gandhiji to be an untouchable because of the simple living style due to his company of Raj Kumar Shukla.
- Once the news of Gandhiji's arrival spread the sharecroppers gathered in large numbers to meet him.
- He complained to the lawyer for charging a high fee.
- The Champaran district was divided and Indians were only allowed to be tenants of the land and not owners and surrender their entire harvest of Indigo as rent.
- Gandhiji worked hard toward social-economic reforms. He taught the villagers the valuable lesson of self-reliance by not asking Mr Andrews for help.
Notes
Guidance:
Value Points:
Introduction
Focus on Indigo is an excerpt of a biography and thus has features of fiction as well as non-fiction texts.
Examination
Substantiation to support the point that it includes -
- Factual information (any 2)
- Text structures (examples of any 2 different features)
✓ explanation;
✓ content recorded in order of occurrence;
✓ points of comparison between people;
✓ action and impact;
✓ problem-solution/conflIct resolution
(The learner is expected to elaborate on both aspects - factual information + text structure)
Conclusion:
Reiterating that Indigo does include features of a non-fiction text.
Note -
✓ Use the given descriptors to mark the LQs. For CONTENT (refer to Value points) and EXPRESSION.
✓ If the response does not justify all points of a level, the response is marked down.
| DESCRIPTORS FOR CONTENT (with reference to value points) | MARK |
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2 |
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1 ½ |
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1 |
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½ |
| DESCRIPTORS FOR EXPRESSION (Coherence & Cohesion + Accuracy) | MARKS |
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2 |
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1 ½ |
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1 |
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½ |
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संबंधित प्रश्न
Exploitation is a universal phenomenon. The poor indigo farmers were exploited by the British landlords to which Gandhiji objected. Even after our independence we find exploitation of unorganized labour. What values do we learn from Gandhiji’s campaign to counter the present day problems of exploitation?
Answer the following in about 100 words:
Exploitation is a universal phenomenon. The poor indigo farmers were exploited by the British landlords to which Gandhiji objected. Even after our independence we find exploitation of unorganized labour. What values do we learn from Gandhiji’s campaign to counter the present day problems of exploitation?
How did the Champaran episode prove to be a turning point in India's freedom struggle ?
Notice these expressions in the text. Infer their meanings from the context.
1. urge the departure 3. harbor a man like me
2.conflict of duties 4. seek a prop
Strike out what is not true in the following.
Rajkumar Shukla was
Strike out what is not true in the following.
Rajkumar Shukla was
(i) poor.
(ii) physically strong.
(iii) illiterate.
Why is Rajkumar Shukla described as being ‘resolute’?
Why do you think the servants thought Gandhi to be another peasant?
List the places that Gandhi visited between his first meeting with Shukla and his arrival at Champaran.
What did the peasants pay the British landlords as rent? What did the British now want instead and why? What would be the impact of synthetic indigo on the prices of natural indigo?
The events in this part of the text illustrate Gandhi’s method of working. Can you identify some instances of this method and link them to his ideas of satyagraha and non-violence?
Why did Gandhi agree to a settlement of 25 per cent refund to the farmers?
How was Gandhi able to influence lawyers? Give instances.
What was the attitude of the average Indian in smaller localities towards advocates of ‘home rule’?
How do we know that ordinary people too contributed to the freedom movement?
Discuss the following.
1. “Freedom from fear is more important than legal justice for the poor.”
Do you think that the poor of India are free from fear after Independence?
Discuss the following.
The qualities of a good leader.
Choose an issue that has provoked a controversy like the Bhopal Gas Tragedy or the Narmada Dam Project in which the lives of the poor have been affected.
Find out the facts of the case.
Present your arguments.
Suggest a possible settlement.
As the host of a talk show, introduce Rajkumar Shukla to the audience by stating any two of his defining qualities. You may begin your answer like this:
Meet Rajkumar Shukla, the man who played a pivotal role in the Champaran Movement. He ______
Gandhi effectively managed to redress the problems of the indigo sharecroppers with the Lieutenant Governor. What did he achieve?
What conflict of duty was Gandhi involved in?
Gandhi worked for the social backwardness in the Champaran village. Elaborate.
How did the Champaran incident bring about a change in the plight of the peasants?
Why did Gandhi chide the lawyers?
Answer the following question in about 40-50 words.
What can be inferred from Rajendra Prasad’s recorded upshot of the lawyer consultations, at Motihari?
Answer the following question in about 40-50 words.
Describe the role of Raj Kumar Shukla in Indigo.
Answer the following question in about 120-150 words.
"Civil disobedience had triumphed for the first time in modern India." When and how did it happen?
